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2026 ISLE OF WIGHT FESTIVAL DATES CONFIRMED – EARLY BIRD TICKETS ON SALE FROM TOMORROW
The organisers of the Isle of Wight Festival have confirmed the dates for next year’s event, with early bird tickets set to go on sale tomorrow (Thursday). Tickets for the event - held between 18th and 21st June 2026 -...
Read moreDetailsISLE OF WIGHT COUNCIL RENEWS SUPPORT FOR DEMENTIA STRATEGY TO IMPROVE LOCAL LIVES
County Hall will continue to back a key multi-agency plan to ‘improve the lives of people living with dementia’ on the Isle of Wight, councillors have decided. The adult social care, public health and housing needs committee approved the council’s...
Read moreDetails175,000 ACROSS HAMPSHIRE AND THE ISLE OF WIGHT VACCINATED AGAINST COVID-19 THIS SPRING
A total of 175,000 people in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight have received the COVID-19 vaccination this Spring - the highest uptake in the South East and the third highest nationally. The 2025 spring vaccination programme has now concluded,...
Read moreDetailsFROM SOUND DESK TO SANCTUARY – RYDE CURATE NATHAN HAMILTON TO BE ORDAINED
Nathan Hamilton - a former theatre technician and church sound engineer - will step into a new role as he is ordained as a deacon at Portsmouth Cathedral next Saturday (28th June), beginning his ministry in Ryde. Having trained for...
Read moreDetailsCAPTIVA HOMES WINS MAJOR ACCOLADE AT SOUTH COAST PROPERTY AWARDS 2025
Captiva Homes has been recognised at the South Coast Property Awards 2025, receiving the title of Progressive Property Business of the Year and being shortlisted for 2 additional awards at the high-profile regional event. Now in its ninth year, the...
Read moreDetails2 WEEKS TO GO UNTIL IW CHAMBER’S EXPO 2025 RETURNS TO RYDE
The Island’s biggest B2B networking event returns in just 2 weeks' time, with Isle of Wight Chamber of Commerce’s Expo 2025 set to be the biggest and best yet. Running from 10:00 until 16:00 on Wednesday 9th July, the free-to-attend...
Read moreDetailsISLAND MP WARNS OF ‘LOOPHOLE’ IN NEW SPIKING LAW AS GOVERNMENT PUSHES AHEAD WITH CHANGES
Isle of Wight East MP Joe Robertson has warned that a new law aimed at tackling spiking doesn’t go far enough – and could allow offenders to walk free due to a major loophole. As part of the Crime and...
Read moreDetailsISLAND ROADS INSISTS WORKS ARE LAWFUL AMID HORSEBRIDGE LAND DISPUTE
A landowner has raised concerns over roadworks linked to the major Three Oaks housing development on Horsebridge Hill, which he says have been carried out without permission - but Island Roads says his ownership only extends to the sub-soil beneath...
Read moreDetailsMAN WHO SENT PENIS PICTURE TO WOMAN HANDED YEAR-LONG COMMUNITY ORDER
An Apse Heath man who sent a woman an explicit image of a penis, in what a judge described as a 'disgusting offence', has been handed a 12-month community order. Martin O'Rourke, of Woods Drive in Apse Heath, appeared before...
Read moreDetailsISLE OF WIGHT MUSICIAN UGLY OZO RELEASES NEW SINGLE
Isle of Wight musician ugly ozo has released her first single since signing to a new record label. onto a winner is out now and available to stream online. It was released by REX RECS, the label ugly ozo -...
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